This strategy sets out proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy through the 2020s. It explains how the whole country can benefit from low carbon opportunities, while meeting national and international commitments to tackle climate change. This policy presents intended actions by the UK government to accelerate the shift to low carbon transport, deliver clean and flexible power, improve energy efficiency, and reduce emissions from households.

In particular, the UK aims to “demonstrate international leadership in carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) by collaborating with [their] global partners and investing up to £100 million in leading edge CCUS and industrial innovation to drive down costs; work in partnership with industry, through a new CCUS Council, to put [them] on a path to meet [their] ambition of having the option of deploying CCUS at scale in the UK, and to maximise its industrial opportunity; develop [their] strategic approach to greenhouse gas removal technologies, building on the government’s programme of research and development and addressing the barriers to their long term deployment.” The UK government has additionally established a CCUS Cost Challenge Taskforce and has also made funding available for a variety of innovation and deployment initiatives related to CCUS, including an international programme and an initiative focused on CO2 use. (GOV.UK / IEA)